ALL meanings of fattening
fat·ten
F f - noun fattening (of a food) causing an increase in the weight of someone who eats it. 1
- verb with object fattening to make fat. 1
- verb with object fattening to feed (animals) abundantly before slaughter. 1
- verb with object fattening to enrich: to fatten the soil; to fatten one's pocketbook. 1
- verb with object fattening Cards. Poker. to increase the number of chips in (a pot). Pinochle. to play a card that scores high on (a trick) expected to be taken by a partner. 1
- verb without object fattening to grow fat. 1
- adjective fattening causing weight gain 1
- noun fattening livestock: making fat 1
- noun fattening The act of making something fatter, particularly in reference or allusion to livestock. 0
- noun fattening The act of becoming fatter. 0
- verb fattening present participle of fatten. 0
- adjective fattening That causes weight gain; often of high calorie food with relatively little nutritive value. 0
- adjective fattening Food that is fattening is considered to make people fat easily. 0